ទណ្ឌឃាដ

Khmer

Alternative forms

• ទណ្ឌឃាត (tɔɔndɔɔkhiət)

Etymology

ទណ្ឌ (tŏən) +‎ ឃាដ (khiət),​ alternative form of ឃាត (khiət).

Pronunciation

Orthographic ទណ្ឌឃាដ dṇ̥ḍgʰāṭ Phonemic ទ័ន-ឌៈ-ឃាត d˘n-ḍ`-gʰāt WT romanisation tŏəndĕəʼkhiət (standard) IPA(key) /tŏən.ɗĕəʔ.kʰiət/

Noun

ទណ្ឌឃាដ • (tŏəndĕəʼkhiət)

1. (linguistics) killer (the name of the diacritic ៍ (៍) which suppresses—or kills—the letter over which it is written, causing it to be silent)
2. capital punishment, death penalty